CentOS_6_64bits Installation Problem on Dell XPS L401x Laptop

saithihaaung · Post by **saithihaaung** » 2011/07/31 13:37:05

Hello.. I'm really new to CentOS. Downloaded CentOS_6_64bits DVD 1 and 2, try to install on my Dell XPS L401x laptop with core i7. After boot DVD, I press Enter and than select "Install and Upgrade ......" the upper once. System was going on and than show me message
"Waiting for hardware to initialize...." for many hours and not going to next step.

i have try to test my installation dvd on lenovo G460 with core i3 is ok

I put this issue in the general forum, as I am not sure if this is a hardware problem or a software problem.

pschaff · Post by **pschaff** » 2011/07/31 22:21:47

It may be that your hardware is too new for CentOS. You might try installing with the basic video driver, or a text-mode install, and see if you can get it working after installation. You may also want to wait for 6.1 which will support newer [url=http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Release_Notes/desktop.html]hardware[/url]. Meanwhile you could try [url=http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.1_Release_Notes/desktop.html]SL-6.1[/url] which has recently been released.